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NOTE: La Villa Rose has recently been sold. Existing reservations will be honored and guests should not even notice the ownership change. La Villa Rose is still for rent through ARRL SSB in March 2005, with all radio equipment in place. Contact the new owner via victoria.lynch@virgin.net or you can still contact K4ISV at k4isv@k105.com and he will forward to the new owner. Amateur Radio equipment will be removed in March 2005. K4ISV is building another super contest station in Tobago (9Y). Read more about that here |
La Villa Rose is a deluxe three bedroom, two bath, beachfront house at Whitby, North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Island, British West Indies and is home to VP5B and other VP5 operations. Read more about La Villa Rose on our Home Page and FAQ page, and be sure to take the Photo Tour, if you haven't already done so.
Ham Radio Equipment available includes:
- Yaesu FT-1000MP HF rig
- Kenwood TS-950SD HF rig
- Kenwood TS-930S HF rig
- Alpha 87A legal limit, auto tune HF amplifier
- Alpha 78 HF amplifier
- Kenwood TL-922 HF amplifier
- Various CW and Voice Keyers
- Bandpass Filters (to allow both rigs to operate simultaneously)
- Pentium II Computer with K1EA CT contest logging software
Ham Radio Antennas include:
- Bencher 10 element 10/15/20 meter yagi
- Cushcraft 2 element 40 meter yagi
- Above antennas located on tower and turned by a Yaesu 2800 rotor
- Inverted Vee antennas for 80 meters and 160 meters
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